The fourteenth chapter of the third volume of the Emperor's Prosperous Era is to face the attack
In the camp of the Great Khan in Jin Town, countless Turkic cavalry have gathered, all wearing tattered skins, and the horses that step down are also skinny, while some people are wearing silk and satin, their faces glow red, and the horses they step down are also fat and strong, forming a strong contrast.
Most of the Turkic people wearing silk and satin and glowing faces are Apo Khan's subordinates, and most of the people wearing tattered skins are Sha Boluo's subordinates, who have been fully harvested and have lived very comfortably throughout the winter, while Apo's subordinates have endured a winter except for tens of thousands of people from Apo's cronies.
When the two countries of Zhou and Qi were not unified, in order to tie up the Turks, every year the two countries rushed to give the Turks a large number of silk, grain and grass and other gold and silver and other things, the Turks did not plow or graze, and enjoyed their success, which was also the period of the fastest development of the Turks, they went all out to the west, and the western countries were beaten to the head, and the territory spanned thousands of miles.
Since the Great Zhou unified the north, the Turkic year supply was cut off, the Turkic people's life is sad, in addition to livestock meat they can produce themselves, the rest of the things almost rely on robbery, originally after the death of Emperor Wu of Zhou, the Great Zhou restored the tribute, but also will marry the princess, but less than a year, the Great Zhou was replaced by the Great Sui, and their annual tribute was broken again.
Originally, this was not the time for the Turkic army to go out, after all, after a winter, many herdsmen's horses were thin and weak, and they could not ride long distances, but in the first few years, they still had a lot of materials that had been stored before, and after the stocks were used up in the past few years, once they did not grab enough materials, life naturally could not go on.
Seeing those people in tattered skins passing by, Apo's subordinates couldn't help but laugh loudly, pointing at them, and Sha Boluo's subordinates couldn't help but glare angrily, although the two sides were temporarily united, this rift was not so easy to repair. If it is not limited to the strict orders of the leaders on both sides. Maybe you don't know if your own people will fight.
A tall wolf's head was stuck on the top of a mountain, and there was a strong queue around the mountain. The Turkic knights on both sides were holding their heads high, their eyes were clear, and when they saw the big head of this wolf, all the herdsmen who rushed over lowered their heads, and they didn't even dare to breathe through the atmosphere when they passed by.
The Turks worship the wolf, and the wolf's head is the symbol of the Turkic Great Khan, and the guards around it are the most elite gold and silver guards in Sha Boluo, with an army of 400,000 Turks. The Golden Wolf Guard is the best of the best, with a total of only five thousand people, where does the Golden Wolf Guard appear. The Great Khan is there.
On the mountain, the nobles of Sha Bolu, Apo, Ansuijia, Chuluohou and the Turkic special services, Ye Hu, Lifa, Qi Jin, Si, Tutun Xing and other nobles were preparing to sacrifice to the heavens. The princess had a veil on her face, and she also appeared for the first time at the scene of the sacrifice, the heads of the three animals were neatly placed in the case, and more than a dozen shamans jumped and screamed feverishly around the altar.
An old shaman stopped and shouted, "It's auspicious!" ”
The other shamans also stopped together, and Sha Boluo was about to kneel down to the sky with the princess of Qianjin, when a special agent suddenly stood up: "Great Khan." Wait. We the Great Turks worship the heavens. When are women allowed to participate? ”
Sha Bo paused to look at the agent, and saw that it was one of his cousin's subordinates. Knowing that Apo was still not convinced of himself, he was afraid that he was deliberately attacking his prestige, and he secretly hated it in his heart, but as soon as this question was raised, many nobles also had questions in their eyes, obviously asking him to give an explanation.
"What about the woman, she is a Turkic land, why can't she sacrifice to the sky?" Sha Boluo's eyes were as sharp as knives, and he stared coldly at the spy who spoke out against the princess of Qianjin's sacrifice to the sky.
Sha Bo Luo has been a great khan for two years, and there is a majesty in his eyes, the special service was asked by Sha Bo Luo for a while, and turned his head to Apo Khan, Apo Khan's face was expressionless, and the special service had to stammer: "Although she is Ke Hodun, she ...... She has a ...... for the Turks What to contribute? ”
Women are not allowed to participate in the sacrifice to the heavens, this is an ancient Turkic custom, however, whether the Turkic land can worship the heavens or not, there is no regulation, in the Turkic Kekhedun has a lot of power, this power comes from the Turkic inheritance of property after the death of the Great Khan, the new Great Khan will inherit everything from the previous Great Khan, including his Kehedun.
Because the strong on the steppe are respected, as a Turkic Khan may have to lead his troops to fight at any time, before the Turks became strong, most of the Khans died on the battlefield and rarely died well, and Ke Ho Dun is still the next Great Khan after her husband's death, and the new Great Khan may be her former husband's younger brother, or may be a son, or a grandson, although the Turkic Khan is mostly a brother and a brother, the Khan may still be young when he inherits, and the power there will be completely in his hands
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In the past, the earth Kehedun also participated in the worship of the heavens, and sometimes even the worship of the heavens, but most of this happened when the Khan was young or when he made great contributions to the Turks.
The special service's questioning suddenly made Sha Bo slightly speechless, Yu Wenfang has been married to the Turks for more than two years, and it is natural to say that he has contributed to the Turks.
Yu Wenfang stood up: "Why can't women sacrifice to the sky?" ”
Seeing that Sha Bo didn't answer, the special service suddenly became bold: "The purpose of sacrificing to the heavens is to pray for victory to the heavens, women can't fight, how can they sacrifice to the heavens, if they cause the immortals to be angry, and let the Great Turks fail to send troops this time, who will be responsible?" ”
Everyone suddenly stirred, Yu Wenfang gritted his teeth and pulled out a dagger with cold light from his waist, the spy was startled, and he hurriedly took a few steps back: "What are you going to do?" ”
Just suddenly remembered that he was scared away by a weak woman, and the secret service's face suddenly turned red. Yu Wenfang didn't answer, he lifted the sleeve of his left hand, revealing an arm as white as clotted fat, those Turkic nobles couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and thought in their hearts: "Sure enough, it's not a princess from the Central Plains, her arms are much more delicate than the ladies on the grassland, and the Khan is so glamorous." ”
Yu Wenfang raised the knife in his hand and slashed his arm, and a bright red suddenly flowed out, immediately dyeing the snow-white arm red, and everyone couldn't help but feel distressed, hating that the knife just now was cut on their arm.
"What are you doing, stop?" Sha Bowl was slightly taken aback.
Yuwen Fang didn't stop, he slashed seven slashes on his hand before kneeling down, and said loudly: "The Great Turk Kehe Dun Yuwen clan sincerely prayed to Changshengtian, last year my Turkic six animals were not prosperous, this time the army is related to the life and death of the Turks, Yuwen Kehedun is willing to use his own blood as his spirit, and ask Changshengtian to bless our army with a great victory." ”
Cutting seven knives in a row, this is a Turkic blood oath, no one dares to stop it, and the others also quickly knelt down and prayed together: "Immortal God bless, this time my Great Turkic army returned with a great victory!" ”
After praying three times, Sha Boluo got up and pulled Yu Wenfang up, and instructed Yu Wenfang's personal maid to bandage her, and her heart was very happy, she thought that her Ke He Dun was a little sheep, but she didn't expect to become a fierce horse today, and the surrounding nobles no longer looked at Yu Wenfang's eyes with contempt, but revered incomprehensibly, Yu Wenfang's actions today are in line with her Turkic Ke He Dun identity.
"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The sand bowl lifted the wolf's head on the ground and cried out loudly
Seeing the big dial, the golden wolf guard, who had just held his head high, suddenly became fanatical, and shouted loudly with the weapons in his hands held high: "Wansheng!" Wansheng! As soon as this voice went out, the other hundreds of thousands of assembled Turkic armies also shouted wave after wave, and in an instant, the sound of Wansheng spread throughout the entire steppe, covering everything, and even the horses had to snort in response.
"Let's go!" The sand bowl pointed forward with the wolf's head riding slightly, and the countless Turkic iron horsemen under the mountain suddenly fluttered like black clouds, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves made the entire steppe seem to tremble.
This time, the Turkic soldiers were divided into two routes, with Apo as the way, Sha Bo and his two sons Yongyu Lu and Dye Gan led the army as the way, in order to prevent Apo from grabbing the material last time and retreating, Sha Bo ordered Apo to attack Liangzhou in advance, and his own army in the middle of the road to attack Shuozhou.
The northern border of the Great Sui has been invaded by the Turkic army several times, and is extremely sensitive to the movements of the Turks, and the Turks have not crossed the Great Wall when they got the news, and quickly transmitted the news to the Beijing Division, and the Great Sui Junchen, who was planning to attack Nanchen, heard that the Turks had re-sent troops, they were all very surprised, but they did not expect the Turks to send troops in the spring, and at the same time they were afraid for a while, if the Turks were a few months late, and then sent troops when the Great Sui and Nanchen were inseparable, the Great Sui might suffer a big loss.
Yang Jian decided instantly, if the Turks are not resolved, they can definitely not rest assured that the southern expedition, because of the preparation to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, the soldiers and materials of the Great Sui have gathered a lot, although some have been transported to the front line, many soldiers and materials are still halfway, so the court issued an order, the soldiers and materials who were supposed to go to the south have turned to the north.
Last year, the 400,000 Turkic army was helpless against the Great Sui, and this year there were only 300,000 people.
Yang Jian ordered eight marshals, including Yang Shuang, the king of Wei, Dou Rongding, Li Chong, Li Chong, and Wenshu of the Zhuguo Kingdom, to divide their troops to meet the attack, and hundreds of thousands of elite Sui troops went to meet the Turks.
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